I can’t believe I get to say this, but I’M GOING TO BE A CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST 🎉 Dr West - 2025!!!

Hey, it’s nice to meet you. I’m Dr Tabitha West - HCPC Registered Clinical Psychologist 😳🎉 When will this sink in?! 😆

And suddenly it’s the final day of the DClinPsy 😳 #dclinpsy #2022cohort

Yesterday I completed my 6th and FINAL placement of training in Stroke Psychology. I have loved every minute of my time there and feel so fortunate to be returning to the same wonderful department and field I’m so passionate about in 3 weeks as Dr Tabitha West! #dclinpsy

I am over the moon to finally be able to say that my thesis amendments have been accepted 🥹 All that’s left of training is a week of my wonderful final placement, and two final teaching days to close this three-year long chapter! #dclinpsy

I realised in the middle of supervision today that it was my final ever supervision as a Trainee Clinical Psychologist 🤯 #dclinpsy

In just 4 weeks I’ll have finished the DClinPsy and be in Greece to celebrate, before starting as Dr Tabitha in my dream role as a Clinical Psychologist in stroke services. Grateful is an understatement. Relieved and exhausted are also understatements 😆

I resubmitted my thesis with amendments today. Please can we manifest that they are accepted? 🤞🏻🔮 #dclinpsy

Viva, passed! Dr West in T-2 months 🎉🍾

It’s viva in an hour 😳🤢

Oh blimey the day before viva nerves are rather cruel aren’t they

I have taken the next 3 days off to prep for my viva on Friday. If anybody has any words of viva prep wisdom, please send them my way 😅 #dclinpsy #vivavoce

This time next week I’ll be mid-viva and the anxiety has hit rather prematurely 😅

Yesterday was our #DClinPsy research conference. It was such a pleasure to be there to support my cohort present the projects they have all worked so hard on for the last 3 years. I am feeling very proud of everybody in Cohort 2022!

That’s 6/6 mid-placement reviews, complete ✅ It genuinely feels like yesterday I was going into my first MPR, anxious and uncertain as to what it would be like! #dclinpsy

I can’t believe I delivered my third and final case presentation today, and that within the next month (to the date) I’ll have completed all of the academic components of clinical training (bar any thesis amendments)! #dclinpsy

I really valued yesterday’s Equity in Neuropsychology Conference at @TeessideUni in collaboration with @TEWV. Such insightful discussion and so much I will take forward in my current placement and subsequent role in Stroke services! #neuropsychology #clinicalpsychology

This has been such a great week on placement. I’ve co-facilitated our stroke therapy group, seen clients for 1-1 therapy, and worked directly and indirectly with patients on the acute stroke ward. I’m so grateful to be continuing in stroke psychology once qualified 🧠 #dclinpsy

I just received my viva slot… how is it already time to have a viva slot?! 😅😂 #dclinpsy

POV: you are absolutely exhausted and rather emotional but just submitted your doctoral thesis and wanted to capture it in a photo! #dclinpsy

It’s the first week of my elective placement and I spent this morning shadowing our SALT on the Stroke ward - such a valuable experience I have already learned so much from. #dclinpsy